The lecture refutes the points made on the reading by giving the following reasons:
First, the lecture says there is no connection between an intelligent brain and the fact that animals follow stars for migration. They give the examples of some birds and ducks, that actually follow stars. However, this is not a prove that they are intelligent creatures.
Second, the lecture explains that whales migrate in straight lines due to magnetic sensitive these animals have, therefore, they are following magnetic earth fields, instead of stars how the lecture says.
Third, the spy-hoping behavior is not enough to conclude that whales follow stars. Mainly for two reasons: Other animals like sharks, also have the same behavior when they are looking for animals to hunt. Second, whales float straight up during the day, not only at night looking for stars.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 228, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ally follow stars. However, this is not a prove that they are intelligent creatures. ...
^^^^^^^
Line 8, column 213, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...are looking for animals to hunt. Second, whales float straight up during the day,...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, however, look, second, so, therefore, third
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 11.0 22.412803532 49% => OK
Preposition: 13.0 30.3222958057 43% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 727.0 1373.03311258 53% => More number of characters wanted.
No of words: 139.0 270.72406181 51% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23021582734 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.43363162301 4.04702891845 85% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.29743219931 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 87.0 145.348785872 60% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.625899280576 0.540411800872 116% => OK
syllable_count: 212.4 419.366225166 51% => syllable counts are too short.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 7.0 13.0662251656 54% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.9852197916 49.2860985944 118% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.857142857 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8571428571 21.698381199 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.42857142857 7.06452816374 133% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.318846020193 0.272083759551 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.157429687048 0.0996497079465 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0653942123342 0.0662205650399 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168409767631 0.162205337803 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.125214860355 0.0443174109184 283% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.42 8.42419426049 88% => OK
difficult_words: 25.0 63.6247240618 39% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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More content wanted.
Minimum 150 words wanted.
Rates: 40.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 12.0 Out of 30
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